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A '''diffusiondiffused junction transistor''' is anya [[transistor]] formed by diffusing [[dopant]]s into a [[semiconductor]] [[Wafer (electronics)|substrate]]. Diffusion transistors include some types of both [[bipolar junction transistor]]s and [[field-effect transistor]]s. The diffusion process was developed later than the [[Alloy-junction transistor|alloy -junction]] and [[Grown-junction transistor|grown junction]] processes for making bipolar junction transistors (BJTs).

[[Bell Labs]] developed the first prototype diffusiondiffused junction bipolar transistors in 1954.<ref>[http://semiconductormuseum.com/PhotoGallery/PhotoGallery_Prototype_DiffusedBase.htm TRANSISTORBell MUSEUMLabs HistoricPrototype TransistorDiffused PhotoBase GalleryTriode], '''BELLTransistor LABSMuseum, PROTOTYPEHistoric DIFFUSEDTransistor BASEPhoto TRIODE''']Gallery.</ref>

==Diffused-base transistor==

The earliest diffusiondiffused junction transistors were '''diffused-base transistors'''. These transistors still had alloy emitters and sometimes alloy collectors like the earlier alloy-junction transistors. Only the base was diffused into the substrate. Sometimes the substrate formed the collector, but in transistors like [[Philco]]'s [[micro-alloy diffused transistor]]s the substrate was the bulk of the base.

==Double diffusion==

At Bell Labs [[Calvin Souther Fuller]] produced basic physical understanding of a means of directly forming the [[emitter, base, and collector]] by double diffusion. The method was summarized in 1983 in a history of science at Bell:<ref>S. Millman editor (1983) ''A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System'', volume 4: Physical Sciences, [[Bell Labs]] {{ISBN|0-932764-03-7}} p. 426</ref>

:"Fuller had shown that [[acceptor (semiconductors)|acceptor]]s of low [[atomic weight]] diffuse more rapidly than [[donor (semiconductors)|donor]]s, which made possible n&ndash;p&ndash;nn–p–n structures by simultaneous diffusion of donors and acceptors of appropriately different surface concentrations. The first n&ndash; layer (the emitter) was formed because of the greater surface concentration of the donor (for example, [[antimony]]). The base formed beyond it because of the more rapid diffusion of the acceptor (for example, [[aluminum]]). The inner (collector) boundary of the base appeared where the diffused aluminum no longer over-compensated the n&ndash;-type background doping of the original [[silicon]]. The base layers of the resulting transistors were 4 μm thick. ... Resulting transitorstransistors had a [[cut-off frequency]] of 120 MHz."

==Mesa transistor==

[[File:Сравнение планарного с меза.PNG|thumb|upright=1.5|Comparison of the mesa (left) and planar (Hoerni, right) technologies. Dimensions are shown schematically.]]

[[Texas Instruments]] made the first grown-junction silicon transistors in 1954.<ref>

{{cite book

| title = Makers of the Microchip: A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor

| author first1= Christophe |last1=Lécuyer and |first2=David C. |last2=Brock

| publisher = MIT Press

| year = 2010

| isbn = 9780262014243

| url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=LaZpUpkG70QC

| pages = 11

}}, p.&nbsp;11.</ref>

| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=LaZpUpkG70QC

The diffused silicon '''mesa transistor''' was developed at [[Bell Labs]] in 1955 and made commercially available by [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] in 1958.<ref>{{Harvnb|Lécuyer|Brock|2010|pp=10–22}}</ref>

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The diffused silicon '''mesa transistor''' was developed at [[Bell Labs]] in 1955 and made commercially available by [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] in 1958.<ref>

{{cite book

| title = Makers of the Microchip: A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor

| author = Christophe Lécuyer and David C. Brock

| publisher = MIT Press

| year = 2010

| isbn = 9780262014243

| pages = 10–22

| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=LaZpUpkG70QC

}}</ref>

These transistors were the first to have both diffused bases and diffused emitters. Unfortunately, like all earlier transistors, the edge of the collector–base junction was exposed, making it sensitive to leakage through surface contamination, thus requiring [[hermetic seal]]s or [[Passivation (chemistry)|passivation]] to prevent degradation of the transistor's characteristics over time.<ref name=spectrum-12-07>{{cite web |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-silicon-dioxide-solution |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215031520/http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-silicon-dioxide-solution |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2011 |title=The Silicon Dioxide Solution: How physicist Jean Hoerni built the bridge from the transistor to the integrated circuit| authorauthor1-link=Michael, Riordan (physicist) |first=Michael |last=Riordan |work=IEEE Spectrum | date= December 2007 | accessdateaccess-date= November 28, 2012 | publisher=IEEE}}</ref> thus requiring [[hermetic seal]]s or [[Passivation (chemistry)|passivation]] to prevent degradation of the transistor's characteristics over time.<ref name=spectrum-12-07/>

==Planar transistor==

[[ImageFile:NpnNPN bjtBJT cross(Planar) Cross-section.svg|thumb|250px|Simplified cross section of a planar ''npn'' bipolar junction transistor]]

The '''planar transistor''' was developed by Dr. [[Jean Hoerni]]<ref>[http://semiconductormuseum.com/PhotoGallery/PhotoGallery_2N1613.htm TRANSISTORFairchild 2N1613], Transistor MUSEUMMuseum, Historic Transistor Photo Gallery '''FAIRCHILD 2N1613'''].</ref> at [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] in 1959. The [[planar process]] used to make these transistors made mass -produced monolithic [[integrated circuit]]s possible.

ThesePlanar transistors have a silica [[passivation (chemistry)|passivation]] layer to protect the junction edges from contamination, making inexpensive plastic packaging possible without risking degradation of the transistor's characteristics over time.

The first planar transistors had mucha worseswitching speed much characteristicslower than [[alloy junction transistor]]s of the period, but as they could be mass -produced, and alloy junction transistors could not, they cost much less, and the characteristics of planar transistors improved very rapidly, quickly exceeding those of all earlier transistors and making earlier transistors obsolete.

==References==

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* SF.M. MillmanSmits editor (19831985) ''A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System'', volume 46: PhysicalElectronics SciencesTechnology, pp 43&ndash;57, [[Bell Labs]], {{ISBN |0-932764-0307-7X}} .

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* F.M. Smits editor (1985) ''A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System'', volume 6: Electronics Technology, pp 43&ndash;57, [[Bell Labs]], ISBN 0-932764-07-X .

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